The Architecture of Focus /

The Architecture of Focus / / ed. by Valéria Molnár, Susanne Winkler.

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This collection investigates the architecture of focus in linguistic theory from different theoretical perspectives. Research on focus and information structure in the last four decades has shown that the phenomenon of focus is highly complex, the theoretical approaches manifold, and the data highly...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Büring, Daniel,
Cann, Ronnie,
Costa, João,
Erteschik-Shir, Nomi,
Frey, Werner,
Gundel, Jeanette Κ.,
Hartmann, Katharina,
Hedberg, Nancy,
Huber, Stefan,
Kaiser, Elsi,
Kempson, Ruth,
Kenesei, István,
Kiaer, Jieun,
Kiss, Katalin É.,
Krifka, Manfred,
Mehlhorn, Grit,
Meinunger, André,
Molnár, Valéria,
Puskás, Genoveva,
Richter, Nicole,
Schwabe, Kerstin,
Silva, Maria Cristina Figueiredo,
Steube, Anita,
Winkler, Susanne,
HerausgeberIn:
Molnár, Valéria,
Winkler, Susanne,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2006
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] , 82
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Physical Description:1 online resource (617 p.) :; Illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • i-iv
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Exploring the architecture of focus in grammar
  • Part 1: Theoretical foundations of focus and information structure
  • On the architecture of topic and focus
  • Topic, focus and the structural dynamics of language
  • On the (in)dependence relation between syntax and pragmatics
  • Association with focus phrases
  • Focus as identification
  • Focussing as predication
  • Part 2: The representation of focus, topic and contrast at the syntax-pragmatics interface
  • On different kinds of contrast
  • Contrast and movement to the German prefield
  • Noncanonical negation and information structure in Finnish
  • Double Negation and information structure: Somewhere between topic and focus
  • Part 3: The phonological representation of focus, topic and contrast and its relation to meaning
  • Focus projection and default prominence
  • Focus on contrast and emphasis: Evidence from prosody
  • Topic-focus controversies
  • Part 4: Focus-related constructions in different languages
  • Ellipsis at the interfaces: An information-structural proposal
  • Elliptical dass-clauses in German
  • On the discourse impact of subordinate clauses
  • The influence of operators on the interpretation of DPs and PPs in German information structure
  • Clefts in English and Norwegian: Implications for the grammar-pragmatics interface
  • The complex functions of it-clefts
  • Focus constructions in Hausa
  • Index

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